Leviticus 4:22-32

22 'When ¹a leader ²sins and unintentionally does any one of all the ^[a]things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

23 ^[b]³if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a ⁴goat *, ⁵a male without defect.

24 'He shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slay it in the place where they slay the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.

25 'Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on ⁶the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

26 '⁷All its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. Thus ⁸the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin, and he will be forgiven.

27 'Now if anyone * of the common people sins ⁹unintentionally in doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty,

28 ¹⁰if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a ¹¹goat, a ¹²female without defect, for his sin which he has committed.

29 '¹³He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and ¹⁴slay the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.

30 'The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of ¹⁵the altar of burnt offering; and ¹⁶all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

31 '¹⁷Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar for ¹⁸a soothing aroma to the LORD. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

32 'But if he brings ¹⁹a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it, a female without defect.

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Leviticus 4:22-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 4

This chapter contains the law of the sin offering, which was offered for sins committed through ignorance, error, and mistake, Le 4:1,2 and gives an account of the matter of them, and the rites belonging thereunto, which were different according to the persons for whom it was made, as for the anointed priest, Le 4:3-12 for the whole congregation, Le 4:13-21 and for the ruler, Le 4:22-26 and for any of the common people, Le 4:27-35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

1. Numbers 31:13; Numbers 32:2
2. Leviticus 4:2, 27
3. Leviticus 4:3
4. Lev 4:3, 14, 28
5. Leviticus 4:28
6. Lev 4:7, 18, 30, 34
7. Leviticus 4:19
8. Leviticus 4:20, 31; Leviticus 5:10, 13, 16, 18; Leviticus 6:7
9. Leviticus 4:2; Numbers 15:27
10. Leviticus 4:3
11. Lev 4:3, 14, 23, 32
12. Leviticus 4:23
13. Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 4:4, 24
14. Leviticus 1:5, 11
15. Lev 4:7, 18, 25, 34
16. Leviticus 4:7
17. Leviticus 4:8
18. Genesis 8:21; Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 1:9, 13; Leviticus 2:2, 9, 12
19. Leviticus 4:28

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "commands of the LORD which are not to be done"
[b]. Lit "or"
[c]. Lit "in which he has sinned"
[d]. Lit "buck of the goats"
[e]. Lit "one slays"
[f]. Lit "one soul"
[g]. Lit "the people of the land"
[h]. Lit "commands of the LORD which are not to be done"
[i]. Lit "or"
[j]. Lit "sinned"
[k]. Or "female goat"
[l]. Lit "sinned"
[m]. Or "so that he may be"

Leviticus 4:22-32

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Leviticus 4:22-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 4

Cross References 19

Footnotes 13